nvr config error

[brian-liu1]

nvr init finished ,when i run nvr config ,if failed with: [ttyS0]root@bpi-iot-ros-ai:/usr/target/release# nvr config I20100101 09:27:20.749 main moonfire_nvr::cmds] Opening /var/lib/moonfire-nvr/db/db in ReadWrite mode with SQLite version 3.32.2 I20100101 09:27:20.786 main moonfire_db::db] Loading video sample entries I20100101 09:27:20.788 main moonfire_db::db] Loaded 0 video sample entries I20100101 09:27:20.789 main moonfire_db::db] Loading sample file dirs I20100101 09:27:20.791 main moonfire_db::db] Loaded 0 sample file dirs I20100101 09:27:20.792 main moonfire_db::db] Loading cameras I20100101 09:27:20.794 main moonfire_db::db] Loaded 0 cameras I20100101 09:27:20.795 main moonfire_db::db] Loading streams I20100101 09:27:20.798 main moonfire_db::db] Loaded 0 streams Segmentation fault

I am sure that nvr init is ok: [ttyS0]root@bpi-iot-ros-ai:/usr/target/release# nvr init I20100101 09:24:43.833 main moonfire_nvr::cmds] Opening /var/lib/moonfire-nvr/db/db in Create mode with SQLite version 3.32.2 I20100101 09:24:43.880 main moonfire_nvr::cmds::init] Database is already initialized with schema version 6.

i tried to use gdb to debug it but i failed for the app is run with scripts and gdb can not find how to run, i am look for help to fix this problem.

[scottlamb]

I know from #147 that you're doing some custom cross-compiled ncurses build, and I suspect the problem relates to that. Moonfire NVR uses ncurses through a Rust library called Cursive. Could you see if the cursive's examples run correctly? when building on the host, you could do this:

$ git clone https://github.com/gyscos/cursive.git
$ cd cursive
$ cargo build --example hello_world
$ target/debug/hello_world

I'm not sure how your cross-compile setup works though.

[brian-liu1]

I know from #147 that you're doing some custom cross-compiled ncurses build, and I suspect the problem relates to that. Moonfire NVR uses ncurses through a Rust library called Cursive. Could you see if the cursive's examples run correctly? when building on the host, you could do this:

$ git clone https://github.com/gyscos/cursive.git
$ cd cursive
$ cargo build --example hello_world
$ target/debug/hello_world

I'm not sure how your cross-compile setup works though.

I check the ncurses-5.101.0->buil.rs, follow the issue you have memtioned , i commented out the function check_chtype_size(&ncurses_lib), the process of compile goes smoothly。and laterly i will get the error when i run "nvr config". Now i want to know the function of "check_chtype_size", for my bpi is armv7 32bit. why the ncurses-5.101.0 will run chtype_size in cmd, beacause i cross-compile the moonfir-nvr on ubuntu and the cmd can not run the chtype_size for that is an applicantion of armv7. that is the reason i get a build failed error "Os { code: 8, kind: Other, message: "Exec format error"".

[scottlamb]

From skimming the ncurses crate issue, it seems like to cross-compile ncurses reliably you need a way to test against the exact header version on the target to get a compatible ABI. Like having the build process ssh into it or something. Seems like a real pain to get working reliably.

Here's another idea. Cursive doesn't have to use ncurses. It supports other backends, including the termion one in pure rust. (See Cursive docs on backends.) I think switching is a one-line change:

diff --git a/server/Cargo.toml b/server/Cargo.toml
index d1573b7..baafe37 100644
--- a/server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/server/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ bytes = "1"
 byteorder = "1.0"
 clap = { version = "2.33.3", default-features = false, features = ["color", "wrap_help"] }
 cstr = "0.2.5"
-cursive = "0.16.3"
+cursive = { version = "0.16.3", default-features = false, features = ["termion-backend"] }
 db = { package = "moonfire-db", path = "db" }
 failure = "0.1.1"
 ffmpeg = { package = "moonfire-ffmpeg", version = "0.0.1" }

[brian-liu1]

From skimming the ncurses crate issue, it seems like to cross-compile ncurses reliably you need a way to test against the exact header version on the target to get a compatible ABI. Like having the build process ssh into it or something. Seems like a real pain to get working reliably.

Here's another idea. Cursive doesn't have to use ncurses. It supports other backends, including the termion one in pure rust. (See Cursive docs on backends.) I think switching is a one-line change:

diff --git a/server/Cargo.toml b/server/Cargo.toml
index d1573b7..baafe37 100644
--- a/server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/server/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ bytes = "1"
 byteorder = "1.0"
 clap = { version = "2.33.3", default-features = false, features = ["color", "wrap_help"] }
 cstr = "0.2.5"
-cursive = "0.16.3"
+cursive = { version = "0.16.3", default-features = false, features = ["termion-backend"] }
 db = { package = "moonfire-db", path = "db" }
 failure = "0.1.1"
 ffmpeg = { package = "moonfire-ffmpeg", version = "0.0.1" }

Yes, it works. Without ncurses everything seems ok.

[scottlamb]

Glad you got it working. I think I can improve the cross-compilation story in #160.